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                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, April 10, 1990                   TAG: 9004100182
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: BIG STONE GAP                                LENGTH: Short

UVA BRANCH GETS GRANT FOR SEMINAR

The University of Virginia Southwest Center will get an $8,600 grant to cover tuitions and stipends for teachers at a summer seminar on regional history.

The grant, from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, will alow elementary and secondary school teachers to take part in 45 hours of classroom instruction and conduct 30 hours of research in specific areas, people or events in regional history.

The class will meet at Powell Valley Middle School in two sessions, June 25 through June 28 and July 30 through Aug. 2.

- Southwest bureau 


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